Judges 5 A woman or two

seekeroftruth

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Judges 5:“Most blessed of women be Jael,
the wife of Heber the Kenite,
most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk;
in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
26 Her hand reached for the tent peg,
her right hand for the workman’s hammer.
She struck Sisera, she crushed his head,
she shattered and pierced his temple.
27 At her feet he sank,
he fell; there he lay.
At her feet he sank, he fell;
where he sank, there he fell—dead.

28 “Through the window peered Sisera’s mother;
behind the lattice she cried out,
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’
29 The wisest of her ladies answer her;
indeed, she keeps saying to herself,
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:
a woman or two for each man,
colorful garments as plunder for Sisera,
colorful garments embroidered,
highly embroidered garments for my neck—
all this as plunder?’
31 “So may all your enemies perish, Lord!
But may all who love you be like the sun
when it rises in its strength.”

Then the land had peace forty years.​

Sisera's mom looking through the window after her son.... poignant.

Sisera's mom looking through the window after the plunder.... predictable.

This is from the blueletterbible.org site.

What Jael did would be condemned by many in the days of the Judges. The responsibility to protect and bless a guest was an almost absolute command, and Jael killed a guest. Yet she is blessed here because her obedience to the cause of God was greater than her obedience to tradition and custom.

Deborah wanted to increase Sisera's shame by pointing out that it was a woman who ended his life.

Now check out verse 30. It' says...."a woman or two for each man"

This is what GodVine says about the verse.

Render the latter part of the verse "a booty of dyed garments for Sisera, a booty of dyed garments and of party-colored cloth, a dyed garment and two party-colored clothes for the necks of the booty," the spoil or booty being either captive damsels, or captive cattle on whose necks these clothes are to be placed (either as ornament or as a burden; compare Judges 8:21, Judges 8:26). But possibly "the necks of the booty" may mean the backs or shoulders (of men or beasts) laden with booty.​

So was the booty the beautiful tokens for women? Or was it the women themselves?

This is from Biblehub.

A damsel or two.—Literally, a maiden, two maidens; only that the word used is strongly contemptuous, as though a captive Hebrew girl could only be described by a term of scorn. In these internecine wars the men were killed and the women reserved as slaves (Numbers 31:17-18).​

This is from Studylight.org.

to every man a damsel or two? or "a womb or two", using both unchaste and contemptuous language, and pleasing themselves with the virgins of Israel being abused by the common soldiers, which was too frequently the case with the Heathens at gaining a victory​

One really off the wall commentary implied that Mom was bragging [or maybe complaining about] the sexual conquests of her son.... calling the word pussy rather than vagina.....

So... in verse 30 the mother is talking about booty.... not her son.... booty.

So... in verse 30 the mother is talking about booty.... not just fine linen... but a virgin or two... young girls for sexual conquest.

So... in verse 30 the mother is talking about booty... not her son who by this time has been staked to the ground with a tent peg by a woman.

Ironic.

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